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Tex. Gov't Code § 411.1473

DNA RECORDS OF CERTAIN REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS AND TERRORIST OFFENDERS

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1008 (H.B. 867), Sec. 1.05, eff

(a) This section applies only to a person who is required to register under Chapter 62 or 65, Code of Criminal Procedure.

(b) The department by rule shall require a law enforcement agency serving as a person's primary registration authority under Chapter 62 or 65, Code of Criminal Procedure, to:

(1) take one or more specimens from a person described by Subsection (a) for the purpose of creating a DNA record; and

(2) preserve the specimen and maintain a record of the collection of the specimen.

(c) A law enforcement agency taking a specimen under this section may:

(1) send the specimen to the director;

(2) send to the director an analysis of the specimen performed by a laboratory chosen by the agency and approved by the director; or

(3) send to the director a rapid DNA analysis of the specimen if the director has authorized the agency to perform the analysis.

(d) A law enforcement agency is not required to take and a person is not required to provide a specimen under this section if the person is required to and has provided a specimen under this chapter or other law.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.